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11 Aug 15
The Asian Development Bank is to lend $27.5m to Nepal, which the country will use for budget support to help it recover from its two devastating earthquakes.
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10 Aug 15
The European Commission has approved €2.4bn in financial assistance over six years for member states, including Mediterranean nations like Greece, Italy and Spain, to help them deal with a heavy...
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10 Aug 15
The UK has launched a specialist unit, backed with funding worth £21m, to investigate cases of international corruption across the developing world.
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
Jamaica has received a $130m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to fund key tax and pension reforms.
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7 Aug 15
Chile’s efforts to refocus its economy following last year’s slump could boost long-term growth, although the short-term impacts might be negative, the International Monetary has said.
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7 Aug 15
Jordan is expected to use the €80m loan received from the European Commission to help pay off international debts and fix its budgetary problems.
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6 Aug 15
Just over a quarter of African countries made broad progress in supporting development and poverty reduction in 2014, a World Bank review has found.
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6 Aug 15
Technology development in Africa is needed in order to “radically” reduce the cost of delivering financial services and products to poor people, according to the African Development Bank.
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6 Aug 15
More than 1 billion people in Asia do not have access to safe drinking water despite the region’s dynamism and strong economic growth, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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6 Aug 15
Ghana and the UK today confirmed a deal to automatically exchange tax data on citizens by 2018, helping the west African nation clamp down on tax evaders and raise extra revenue for public services...
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5 Aug 15
The United Arab Emirates’ “safe haven” status and its prudent economic policies have helped protect it against the fall in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said.
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5 Aug 15
The World Bank has urged Pakistan to expand its tax base and strengthen governance in order to boost public services and increase economic growth, which in turn will reduce extreme poverty.
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5 Aug 15
Foreign governments and international donors are moving quickly to get much-needed help to Myanmar after it was hit by the worst floods for 100 years.
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4 Aug 15
The United Nations’ 193 member states have reached a historic agreement on the next set of global development goals, which aim to end poverty, achieve sustainable economic growth and raise...
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3 Aug 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $49.7m economic development loan for Nepal to help it recover and rebuild from the two devastating earthquakes that hit the country earlier this year.
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3 Aug 15
The British Virgin Islands had the highest rate of tax compliance out of 12 countries reviewed by the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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31 Jul 15
The World Bank is to provide $700m in guarantees to Ghana to support the development of the nation’s energy sector in order to boost the country’s economic growth.
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31 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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31 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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31 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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31 Jul 15
The United Nations expects South America’s economy to contract by 0.4% in 2015, and has called for a boost to both public and private investment in order to resume growth and improve...
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30 Jul 15
Nigeria’s Arunma Oteh, a former director general of the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission, has been named the vice president and treasurer of the World Bank.